Superbowl in Minnesota - Levy Sheinfeld
One of my most favorite memories with Abba is when we went to the Super Bowl in 7th Grade, 1992. The Redskins played the Bills, in the second year of the Bills' Super Bowl losing streak. The reason I got chosen actually dates back about 2-3 years earlier. I happened to have been in the right place at the right time. The sports' section had a headline that in 1992, the Super Bowl would be played in Minnesota, so I asked if I could go. So Abba answered that as long as the Bears or Vikings weren't playing, yes. So he came through on his promise and worked hard making tons of phone calls to finally get tickets. He told me they were expensive, but never told me how much expensive means. We borrowed a friend’s Ford Explorer, listening to CD's of Cher and Nat King Cole, with the Spy Hunter tune on it. We got a hotel room in Eau Claire, WI. Sunday afternoon we arrived at the hotel and napped. Then we drove up to the game, where they were passing out all sorts of stuff like ear plugs. There were Indians protesting the Redskin name outside. The halftime show was cool, in that we took part by holding up cards to form a big sign throughout the stadium. The cards came in commemorative seat cushions. When the game started, they had to restart it, because TV wasn't ready and missed the kickoff. It still wasn't enough time for Thurman Thomas, who couldn't find his helmet. Every time Washington would score, Jack Kent Cooke would wave out form his skybox. Gloria Estefan was the halftime show entertainer. The game didn't end up being close, but was still very exciting. Afterwards, we went to this cool ice sculpture show in Minnesota, and drove back home Monday. Thank you for taking me, Abba.
Levy Loves the Cubs - Ronni Masliansky
I treated Stewart, Yaakov and Levy to a Cubs game in the skybox (two away from the Cubs box). Stewart had to hold Levy back from jumping over the railing to tell Andy McPhail, the President of the Cubs and Ed Lynch (the general manager). Levy had decided that he had a thing or two to tell them about how to run the Cubs.
Superbowl in New Orleans - Marc Sommer
We went to the Superbowl when the Bears were in it, and had a great time. When we got back home, Marsha asked Stewart how it was. He answered, "It was the best, most exciting time of my life." Marsha hasn’t forgiven him since.
Foul Ball - Ely Sheinfeld
At one of my first Cubs games, we got there late and Abba decided to fill out the scorecard as the game started. As Abba was filling out the scorecard, the batter hit a foul ball that came directly at us. I yelled to Abba "Catch the ball" and Abba reached out to grab it. But Abba forgot to drop the pencil he was using to fill out the scorecard. The ball hit Abba squarely in the hand, hit the pencil, and bounced right out. Abba sat down, looked at me, and asked "Who did they say was batting 3rd?" and continued to fill out the scorecard. (Then he apologized for dropping the ball.)
First Football Game - Josh Sheinfeld
You took me to my first football game, but I had to pretend to be Larry Hirsch and sell Coca Cola (I think it was Hoshana Raba). I spent most of what I would make that day on the vendor's various football pools. I remember helping you sort all of the change from your vending route, pulling out all of the dimes and quarters that did not have the copper edging so you could sell them at silver price. If you had only been born 5 years earlier, you could say you remember when the Cubs played in the World Series, about 45 years earlier and you could say you remember when they won the Series. (Josh Sheinfeld)